Petroleum-burner for stoves



(No Model.)

A. H. RUSSELL.

PETROLEUM BURNER POR STOVES.

Een 25, 1890. ,221

Patente N. PEYEHS. Phamuxhegnphr. washington. D4 C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT H. RUSSELL, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

PETROLEUM-BURNER FOR sTovEs.

, i` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,317, dated February 25, 1890.

Application tiled May 2, 1889.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that l, ALBERT H. RUSSELL, of Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri,

have invented certain new and useful Imfuel; and it consists in a certain novel'construction and combination of devices fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Figure lis a central sectional view of aI reservoir embodying my improvements connected to a generator or burner. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same on the line a: oo of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sideview of a slightlymodified form of reservoir, showing three gage-chambers and a similar number of supply-pipes running therefrom. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the dial-gage, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the reservoir support or shelf.

The reservoir or tank A is provided at its bottom with a conical or funnel-shaped gagechamber B, which fits in and conforms to the mouth or funnel C of the feed-pipe D, the said mouth or funnel being supported on a shelf or support F, in an opening E of which it fits. The mouth or funnel C extends down through the said opening, and the upper end of the supply or feed pipe I) screws into the center thereof and is supported thereby.' The lower end of the supply or. feed pipe is inserted in the generator G, which is preferably lled with an absorbent material, such as mineral wool. l

The gage-chamber B is of apredetermined capacity, holding about enough petroleumor oil to thoroughly saturate the absorbent in the generator, whereby when the fire is to be started the whole of the contents of the gage-chamber is-discharged into the generator and ignited, and the heat from the combustion vaporizes the fuel which is contained serai No. 309,383. (No man `in the lower discharge end of the supply or feed pipe, the said pipe being preferably provided with a trap cl to contain a small quan- ,tityvof the fuel. The peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts of the burner form no part of this invention, and are fully rset forth and claimed in a separate application.

Centrally of the reservoir or tank is a vertical tube I, through which passes the stem n or rod h of the supply-valve Il, fitting or seated in the bottom of the chamber B, said stem or rod being provided at its upper end, above the top of the reservoir, with a handle h', for convenient ma-nipulationof the valve. In the bottom of the reservoir itself is also iitted a needle-valve J, having a stem or rod j extending up thro ugh said reservoir and out through its cover or top, and also having an arm or pointer J traveling over a dial or graduated plate K. I also employ a stop L to arrest and prevent the arm or pointerfrom making a complete revolution. A greater movement of the arm or pointer would result in completely cutting off the supply of petroleum or oil from the chamber B, and consequently to the generator, which is not designed to be effected through the valve J said valve always being open more or less to allow a constant iiow of the fuel when the lower valve is open. The casings of the valves H and J are both provided with inletpassages M, as shown clearly in the drawings.

The supply of petroleum or oil through the pipe D to the generator is cut off, when necessary, by closing the valve I-I, but after the contents of the gage-chamber have been discharged nto the generator -the valve J is adjusted to allow a regular ow of fuel to the generator, and the arm or pointer on the stem of the said valve indicates to the operator the rapidity of the iiow, whereby it may be properly regulated. In the top of the reservoir or tank is a capped or screwplug closed opening N, whereby said reservoir or tank may be filled.

It will be observed that as the reservoir or tank and the supply-pipe are disconnected or separable the former may be readily moved to a distance from the stove when it is ded sired to ill it with fuel, thereby avoiding the IOO `danger of an explosion from the accidental spilling of the oil where fire is liable to be communicated thereto.

In the modification of my invention shown in Fig. 3 the shelf or support is provided with a series of openings, in each of which fits a funnel or mouth of a supply or feed pipe, and the reservoir or tank is provided with a series of gage-chambers fitting in the said funnels and provided with valves, as above described.

The ope 'ation of my invention is as follows: When a re is to be started, the valve II is opened, thereby allowing the contents of the gage-chamber to flow through the supply or feed pipe to the generator, where it is absorbed and ignited, and then the valve J is adjusted to allowa steady flow of fuel through the gage-chamber and supply-pipe to the generator. ihen the valve H is closed to extinguish the fire, the fuel continues to flow through the valve J until the gage-chamber is filled, when the burner is in condition to be again started.

In two applications of mine filed, respectively, January 25, 1889, Serial No. 297,50), and August 30, 1889, Serial No. 322,428, I have shown in the first-named case a heating and cooking stove, and in the second-named case a hydrocarbomburner, each having a reservoir similar to that forming the subj ect-matter of this application. Ido not lay any claim herein to the construction either of the heating and cooking stove or the hydrocarbonburner claimed in the above1nentioned cases. Having thus described the invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters `Patent, is-

l. A reservoir for hydrocarbon-burners,

known capacity located centrally below said reservoir and communicating therewith by a feeding-valve J, the valve-seat arranged centrally in the bottom of the gage-chamber and provided with a perforation in its top which registers with a perforation in the bottom of the tube I, and the valve-stem mounted 1n said registered perforations fitting in the valve-seat and extending up through the vertical tube, substantially as specified.

2. Areservoir for liydrocarboli-burners,having a central vertical tube I, afunnel-shaped gage-chamber located below, a-needlevalve J between the reservoir and the gage-chaml ber, the valve-seat in the center of gage-chamber and the valve-*stem incased in the tube I and fitting in said va1ve-seat,i1`1 combination With a funnel C, adapted to receive the funnel-shaped gage-chamber and havingv a feedpipe D connected to its center'directly beneath the said valve-seat, substantially as specified.

3. In a hydrocarbon burner or heater, the combination, with the supply or feedv pipe communicating at itsA lower end with a generator or burner and provided at itsl upper end with a mouth or funnel let into an opening in a support, of the independent reservoir or tank having a depending gage-chamber seated in or above the said mouth or funnel, the valve seated in the bottom of the gage-chamber, and tlie valve feeding the contents of the main chamber of the reservoir into the gage-chamber, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT Il. RUSSELL. Vitncsses:

W. E. BENSON, J. S. EVANS. 

